A small spot for me to publish random thoughts that might help other writers find that tiny voice echoing feebly inside their heads.

Monday, June 20, 2016

Character Quotes from Full Measure

Grunting
and bleeding Domino made another try. Suddenly, he was staring at the
barrels of two nasty guns with equally lethal looking women behind
them. Ann and Mickey kept him covered while Ralan cuffed his wrists
behind him and gave him a thorough search. Jerking him upright by his
cuffed hands, Ralan shoved Domino forward.

"I'll
kill you for this, Hendrix."

"Yeah,
yeah," Ralan said with a sneer.

Domino
slammed into Ralan's body, trying to knock him over. Ann tripped him
as Mickey grabbed his cuffs, jerking his hands up behind his back as
he fell. Domino howled as his shoulders wrenched. Dragging him
upright, Ralan yanked on the cuffs again, making the big man scream.

"You
have the right to remain silent," Ralan said conversationally as
he led him back to the waiting vehicles. "What took you two so
long?" he asked politely as he wiped blood from his lip. "I
was getting my ass kicked."

"You
looked like you could take him," Ann said in a friendly tone.
"We didn't want to spoil your fun."